June - 2018

Testing Begins on Driverless High-Speed Rail in Advance of 2022 Beijing Olympics

Although we're still years away from the 2022 Winter Games, China has already begun testing a driverless high-speed rail system that will...

San Antonio and Austin Are Converging Along I-35. Time to Pay Attention.

San Antonio picked up a little more than 24,000 new residents in the 12-month period ending July 1, 2017, making ours the fastest-growing...

Automobiles, planes, and—oh yes—trains

Passenger trains don’t operate in a vacuum. They compete for business against air and motor vehicles. The results of the competition are...

Global Smart Railway Systems Market 2018-2022

Growing Adoption of High-Speed Rail by Emerging Economies to Boost Growth LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio analysts forecast the global...

California high-speed rail project creates 2,000 construction jobs

More than 2,000 construction jobs have been created since California began its high-speed rail project in January 2015, the California...

High-Speed Rail: Now It's America's Turn

Andy Kunz, President and CEO of the US High Speed Rail Association (USHSR), shares the top 10 reasons for bringing high-speed rail to...

FTA finalizes rule for private investment in transit projects

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) yesterday issued a final rule that describes new procedures aimed at spurring private...

AAR: U.S. carloads, intermodal traffic up in Week 21

U.S. railroads moved 565,502 carloads and intermodal units during the week ending May 26, marking a 4.4 percent increase over the same...

APTA: Commuter railroads making progress on PTC

Positive train control (PTC) technology is in the testing phase, in revenue service demonstration or fully operational on 30 percent of...

Mexico train robberies rise as thieves block tracks

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Freight train robbers in Mexico are increasingly blocking tracks or loosening rails to stop trains and steal the...